2027: APC risks boosting opposition with another Muslim-Muslim ticket – Jerry Gana

Former Minister of Information and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Prof. Jerry Gana, has said the opposition would gain a major advantage if the All Progressives Congress (APC) repeats its Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket in the 2027 elections.

Speaking in Kaduna at the weekend after delivering a welcome address at the reunion of the Christian Elders Forum of Northern States (NOSCEF), Gana dismissed suggestions that the ticket had become a permanent feature in Nigeria’s politics.

“Has it come to stay? Has it come to stay? I wish they will make that mistake, and it will be a sweet victory for the opposition,” he said with a laugh.

The former director of the Mass Mobilisation for Self-Reliance, Social Justice and Economic Recovery (MAMSER) under Ibrahim Babangida, and one-time secretary of the PDP Board of Trustees, stressed that Nigeria was still in search of its best leadership.

“In the party that I belong to, we will do our very best to ensure that only excellent candidates emerge as leaders in the various states and at the national level,” he said.

Gana urged Christian elders and political stakeholders to deliberately nurture leaders of integrity and vision, noting that true leaders are trained and raised, not accidental products of the system.

In his address to the NOSCEF gathering, he lamented the decline of quality leadership in the country, warning that oppressive gatekeepers were frustrating legitimate investors from bringing clean capital into Nigeria.

“Good leadership is the cornerstone of nation-building. Leaders who are visionary, accountable, and inclusive can steer nations toward prosperity and stability,” Gana stated.